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The QC, Vol. 74, No. 03 • October 1, 1987

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QUAKER CAMPUS
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The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914 J
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Volume LXX1V, Number 3
October 1, 1987
Budget for On-Campus
Speakers Cut In Half,
Alternatives Sought
By Chuck Bock, QC Staff Writer and
Trever Esko, QC Managing Editor
The Whittier College Speakers
Bureau, which was created in
1985 in order to bring celebrity
status speakers to Whittier
College, has had its budget cut in
half to $5,000 for the 1987-88
school year.
According to Mike Tusken,
ASWC president pro-tern and
chairman of the Speakers Bureau,
this cut in funds is due to the
elimination of sponsorship by the
Academic Dean's Office.
No Extra Money
"They |the Dean's Office) had
extra money one year," and were
able to give the bureau $5,000,
Tusken said. He added that "all
their money was already spoken
for this year.''
To compensate for the lack of
funds, Tusken may try to bring
"fundraiser speakers" where
students would get in free while
admission would be charged to
isomfnurrity people "This \$t~.-
needs to be investigated further
to see if it is feasible," Tusken said.
Questionaire for Students
Another one of the goals of
Speakers Bureau which Tusken
plans to pursue is to bring
speakers to campus who are
interesting to the student body.
In order to do this, Tusken
circulated a questionaire to all
students asking them to respond
to a list of possible speakers.
The questionaire divided
speakers into four categories:
authors, activists, politicians, and
sports and entertainment figures.
"I wanted as varied a list as
possible," Tusken explained. He
added that "on a whole, people
will respond better to a
preconceived list than a blank
piece of paper."
Vonnegut Favored
in Survey
Author Kurt Vonnegut
generated the best response
from the 144 questionaires
returned. No speaker from the
sports and entertainment
category finished in the top five.
!n the past two years, the
Speakers Bureau has brought
Raymond Bradbury (science
fiction author), Steve Landesberg
(Detective Detrich of 'Barney
Miller'), and Graham Chapman (a
member of the 'Monty Python'
comedy troupe).
Campus Cab Service
Explored by Board
By Trever Esko, QC Managing Editor
Todd Bursaw, ASWC business
manager, is in the process of
establishing a "Campus Cab"
service which would provide
transportation to and from
campus and to off-campus
residences at no or reduced cost
to Whittier College students.
Bursaw hopes this program can
be utilized by students who either
need roadside help or transportation as well as a ride if they
become intoxicated. "I don't
want this to be a drunk driving
cab," Bursaw said. He did add
however that the cabs would
definitely be available to pick up
students at bars and local parties
if they need a ride home.
Patterned After USD
The service is being patterned
after an existing system at the
University of San Diego. "They
had a lot of problems and ran
overbudget. I don't think it's a
very good system," Bursaw said.
One of the major problems with
the USD system is that the service
is limited to only certain hours
and certain situations.' 'I feel the
cab should be available 24 hours
a day. I don't want to exclude
people," Bursaw said.
Mileage Restriction?
However, although Bursaw
would like to provide
transportation to students who
don't have cars available to them,
he says "I don't want people to
just go 'Oh, I want to go shopping
at Puente Hills.'" For this reason,
he is looking into making the
service free only within a
restricted circumference of the
campus.
At this time, the cab service is
not available, but Bursaw says, "I
am working on it as fast as I can,''
and hopes to have a cab
company under contract and the
system operational by next
semester.
'ROWDY HOUSE'?: Members of the
Franklin Society face eviction from their
Matthew Taylor
home on Penn Street due in part, to a
neighborhood petition.
Problems on Penn Street
Enrage Community Members
By Trever Esko, QC Managing
Members of the Franklin
Society of Whittier College have
been served a 30 day eviction
notice to vacate their house at
13 518 E. Penn street. This action
comes as a result of a petition
circulated by the residents'
neighbors.
The petition, dated August 11,
1987, and which was forwarded
to the landlord, the college, and
the Whittier Police Department,
names situations on May 20 and
August 8 in the complaint as well
as stating that "the Whittier Police
Department has been called 30
times in the last several months
about the problems created by
|the residents]."
Franklins 'Real Rowdy'
Claudio Ramos, who has lived
across Penn street from the
Franklins since April, drew up the
petition and presented it to the
other neighbors. He says the
Franklins are "real rowdy" and
that "they give the whole college
a bad name."
"The problem is Guilford
street," Ramos said. He added
that students going to and from
parties at the house would throw
trash cans, urinate in the street,
break bottles in and around
yards, and yell obscenities.
In the petition, Ramos also
states that excessive noise,
sometimes continuing until 3 am,
has also been a problem.
' 'I looked forward to living near
Whittier, in an academic
atmosphere. I used to think of
Whittier as being comparable to
Editor
Occidental College...this has
been really surprising," Ramos
said.
Eviction Unfair
However, not everyone in the
neighborhood supported the
initiative to evict the students.
Suzanne Randall, who also lives
across from the house and next
door to Ramos, says that the
eviction is "not fair."
"Those kids are real fun kids
and don't bother me at all,"
Randall said. She describes the
residents of the house as helpful,
well-behaved, and reliable and
cited situations where they had
been willing to babysit and loan
her a refrigerator when she didn't
have one.
Please see HOUSE, page 4.
Dole Scheduled to Speak
at Society Fundraiser
By Luis Zavala, QC Staff Writer
The John Greenleaf Whittier
Society Dinner has been
scheduled for Friday, November
6 and will feature Elizabeth Dole,
the recently-resigned U.S.
secretary of transportation,
according to Douglas Kinsey,
vice-president of college affairs.
In the past the dinner, which is
known for its choice of keynote
speakers, has drawn $60,000 to
$70,000 for the college's genera!
fund. The charge per plate for the
1987 dinner is $175.
Not Just a Fundraiser
"The dinner is not necessarily
to raise funds. It is a way to bring
the closest friends of the college
to listen to the speaker talk about
world affairs," Kinsey said. He
added that "the main purpose of
the John Greenleaf Whittier
Society is to bring visibility to the
college."
Since its inception five years
ago, the dinner has been held in
the late spring. However, this
tradition was changed last year
and the 1987 dinner moved to the
fall. This was done, according to
Kinsey, to accommodate the
speaker's schedule.
Past Speakers
Last year, former West German
Chancellor Helmut Schmidt
addressed the society. Other
speakers which have appeared at
the occasion in the last five years
include Jean Kirkpatrick, former
ambassador to the United
Nations; Henry Kissenger, former
secretary of state, and former
President Gerald R. Ford.
Batteries Not Included
See Page 3.
Netters Profiled
See Rage 7.
I
Home Game Win for Poets
See Page 8.
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QUAKER CAMPUS
(i
, , ^
The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914 J
\
Volume LXX1V, Number 3
October 1, 1987
Budget for On-Campus
Speakers Cut In Half,
Alternatives Sought
By Chuck Bock, QC Staff Writer and
Trever Esko, QC Managing Editor
The Whittier College Speakers
Bureau, which was created in
1985 in order to bring celebrity
status speakers to Whittier
College, has had its budget cut in
half to $5,000 for the 1987-88
school year.
According to Mike Tusken,
ASWC president pro-tern and
chairman of the Speakers Bureau,
this cut in funds is due to the
elimination of sponsorship by the
Academic Dean's Office.
No Extra Money
"They |the Dean's Office) had
extra money one year," and were
able to give the bureau $5,000,
Tusken said. He added that "all
their money was already spoken
for this year.''
To compensate for the lack of
funds, Tusken may try to bring
"fundraiser speakers" where
students would get in free while
admission would be charged to
isomfnurrity people "This \$t~.-
needs to be investigated further
to see if it is feasible," Tusken said.
Questionaire for Students
Another one of the goals of
Speakers Bureau which Tusken
plans to pursue is to bring
speakers to campus who are
interesting to the student body.
In order to do this, Tusken
circulated a questionaire to all
students asking them to respond
to a list of possible speakers.
The questionaire divided
speakers into four categories:
authors, activists, politicians, and
sports and entertainment figures.
"I wanted as varied a list as
possible," Tusken explained. He
added that "on a whole, people
will respond better to a
preconceived list than a blank
piece of paper."
Vonnegut Favored
in Survey
Author Kurt Vonnegut
generated the best response
from the 144 questionaires
returned. No speaker from the
sports and entertainment
category finished in the top five.
!n the past two years, the
Speakers Bureau has brought
Raymond Bradbury (science
fiction author), Steve Landesberg
(Detective Detrich of 'Barney
Miller'), and Graham Chapman (a
member of the 'Monty Python'
comedy troupe).
Campus Cab Service
Explored by Board
By Trever Esko, QC Managing Editor
Todd Bursaw, ASWC business
manager, is in the process of
establishing a "Campus Cab"
service which would provide
transportation to and from
campus and to off-campus
residences at no or reduced cost
to Whittier College students.
Bursaw hopes this program can
be utilized by students who either
need roadside help or transportation as well as a ride if they
become intoxicated. "I don't
want this to be a drunk driving
cab," Bursaw said. He did add
however that the cabs would
definitely be available to pick up
students at bars and local parties
if they need a ride home.
Patterned After USD
The service is being patterned
after an existing system at the
University of San Diego. "They
had a lot of problems and ran
overbudget. I don't think it's a
very good system," Bursaw said.
One of the major problems with
the USD system is that the service
is limited to only certain hours
and certain situations.' 'I feel the
cab should be available 24 hours
a day. I don't want to exclude
people," Bursaw said.
Mileage Restriction?
However, although Bursaw
would like to provide
transportation to students who
don't have cars available to them,
he says "I don't want people to
just go 'Oh, I want to go shopping
at Puente Hills.'" For this reason,
he is looking into making the
service free only within a
restricted circumference of the
campus.
At this time, the cab service is
not available, but Bursaw says, "I
am working on it as fast as I can,''
and hopes to have a cab
company under contract and the
system operational by next
semester.
'ROWDY HOUSE'?: Members of the
Franklin Society face eviction from their
Matthew Taylor
home on Penn Street due in part, to a
neighborhood petition.
Problems on Penn Street
Enrage Community Members
By Trever Esko, QC Managing
Members of the Franklin
Society of Whittier College have
been served a 30 day eviction
notice to vacate their house at
13 518 E. Penn street. This action
comes as a result of a petition
circulated by the residents'
neighbors.
The petition, dated August 11,
1987, and which was forwarded
to the landlord, the college, and
the Whittier Police Department,
names situations on May 20 and
August 8 in the complaint as well
as stating that "the Whittier Police
Department has been called 30
times in the last several months
about the problems created by
|the residents]."
Franklins 'Real Rowdy'
Claudio Ramos, who has lived
across Penn street from the
Franklins since April, drew up the
petition and presented it to the
other neighbors. He says the
Franklins are "real rowdy" and
that "they give the whole college
a bad name."
"The problem is Guilford
street," Ramos said. He added
that students going to and from
parties at the house would throw
trash cans, urinate in the street,
break bottles in and around
yards, and yell obscenities.
In the petition, Ramos also
states that excessive noise,
sometimes continuing until 3 am,
has also been a problem.
' 'I looked forward to living near
Whittier, in an academic
atmosphere. I used to think of
Whittier as being comparable to
Editor
Occidental College...this has
been really surprising," Ramos
said.
Eviction Unfair
However, not everyone in the
neighborhood supported the
initiative to evict the students.
Suzanne Randall, who also lives
across from the house and next
door to Ramos, says that the
eviction is "not fair."
"Those kids are real fun kids
and don't bother me at all,"
Randall said. She describes the
residents of the house as helpful,
well-behaved, and reliable and
cited situations where they had
been willing to babysit and loan
her a refrigerator when she didn't
have one.
Please see HOUSE, page 4.
Dole Scheduled to Speak
at Society Fundraiser
By Luis Zavala, QC Staff Writer
The John Greenleaf Whittier
Society Dinner has been
scheduled for Friday, November
6 and will feature Elizabeth Dole,
the recently-resigned U.S.
secretary of transportation,
according to Douglas Kinsey,
vice-president of college affairs.
In the past the dinner, which is
known for its choice of keynote
speakers, has drawn $60,000 to
$70,000 for the college's genera!
fund. The charge per plate for the
1987 dinner is $175.
Not Just a Fundraiser
"The dinner is not necessarily
to raise funds. It is a way to bring
the closest friends of the college
to listen to the speaker talk about
world affairs," Kinsey said. He
added that "the main purpose of
the John Greenleaf Whittier
Society is to bring visibility to the
college."
Since its inception five years
ago, the dinner has been held in
the late spring. However, this
tradition was changed last year
and the 1987 dinner moved to the
fall. This was done, according to
Kinsey, to accommodate the
speaker's schedule.
Past Speakers
Last year, former West German
Chancellor Helmut Schmidt
addressed the society. Other
speakers which have appeared at
the occasion in the last five years
include Jean Kirkpatrick, former
ambassador to the United
Nations; Henry Kissenger, former
secretary of state, and former
President Gerald R. Ford.
Batteries Not Included
See Page 3.
Netters Profiled
See Rage 7.
I
Home Game Win for Poets
See Page 8.
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